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eat well be active – Primary School Project Rick Baldock & Cheryl Peat eat well be active - Primary School Project Session outcomes • To introduce the project to schools • To clarify the project outcomes and deliverables • To clarify your roles and expectations • To provide the opportunity to explore a range of Healthy Eating resources, programs and policies The eat well be active Project Outcomes • Increase children’s physical activity levels • Decrease children’s sedentary leisure time behaviours • Increase consumption of water, fruit and vegetables • Decrease consumption of energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods and drinks Overview of Project Process 1. Form your Support Team 1. Work through the Planning Process 1. Return a copy of the completed planning pro forma to the ACHPER (SA) eat well be active-Primary School Project office 1. Undertake change, monitor and record what happens 4 Identity of the School Teams A group of up to 5 members from each school site is sought to participate in the project. Consider including: • The Principal or their nominated leadership representative • Educators from a range of learning bands • The Canteen manager • Parent representatives and • Student leaders School Based Process 1. Audit: Identify what is already happening already in your school 2. Initial Cluster-based workshops focusing on Healthy Eating and Physical Activity to support your planning. These will include: • Reviewing key policies • Practical ideas and • Reviewing an array of resources/ programs/ websites available 3. Development of a site specific plan with support from the ACHPER team to build capacity 4. On-going site visits to support planning and program implementation Processes cont. • Professional Learning program for educators to support individual sites and school clusters. A comprehensive menu of workshops is available for schools from which to select Support for Schools • Mentoring for educators including: o Demonstration sessions/lessons with students about healthy eating, physical activity and sedentary behaviours o Programming and planning units of work to support teachers work o Identification of resources to support learning and teaching • Parent forums and other communications such as physical activity and healthy eating diaries, newsletter articles • Project newsletter providing information about Project developments and innovations in other schools DECD role with the Project • Background to the Project • SA Health • 4 Phases • HEPA Team o Leah Cassidy, Program and Policy Manager, Health, Physical Activity and Student Wellbeing o Lorna Fenech, Project Officer, Premier's be active Challenge o Barb Hickling, Project Officer, eat well be active Primary Schools o Leanne Barnes, Project Assistant Healthy Eating & Physical Activity 8 Developing Quality Healthy Eating for your school Strategies, Programs & Resources ACHPER (SA) eat well be active Project 10 www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/public+content/sa+ health+internet/healthy+living/healthy+living+heres+how Let’s Share! • Please spend time thinking of: • One Healthy Eating idea / activity/ initiative you believe is working well either in your class or in your school • One Healthy Eating idea / activity/ initiative that you are interested in exploring as part of the eat well be active – Primary Schools Project and be ready to share your ideas in 5 minutes 11 Dietary Guidelines for children and adolescents in Australia Enjoy a wide variety of nutritious foods Eat plenty of vegetables, legumes (baked beans, kidney beans) and fruits Eat plenty of cereals (including breads, rice, pasta and noodles), preferably wholegrain Include lean meat, fish, poultry &/or alternatives Milk, yoghurts, cheeses Water as a drink Also care should be taken to: Limit saturated fat and moderate total fat intake. Choose foods low in salt Moderate amounts of sugars and foods containing added sugars Care for your child's food: Prepare and store it safely Encourage and support breastfeeding. The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating Department of Health and Ageing, 1998 Quiz Time – Portion Distortion Do you know how food portions have changed in the past 20 years? Evidence provided by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Serving sizes are getting BIGGER! 16 French Fries 20 Years Ago 840 Kilojoules 70 grams Today How many kilojoules are in today’s average fries? Maintaining a Healthy Weight is a Balancing Act Kilojoules In = Kilojoules Out How long will you have to walk leisurely in order to burn the extra kilojoules?* Soft Drink 20 Years Ago Today 340 Kilojoules How many kilojoules are in 185 mL today’s portion? Maintaining a Healthy Weight is a Balancing Act Kilojoules In = Kilojoules Out How long will you have to work in the garden to burn those extra kilojoules?* What are the Healthy Eating Guidelines for South Australian schools and preschools? Framework to promote learning, health and well being Reflected in school and preschool policy Strategies to ensure students and children learn, experience and practise healthy eating in the school environment The Healthy Eating Guidelines 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Curriculum The Learning Environment Food Supply Food Safety Food-related health support planning 6. Working with families, health services and industry It’s all about balance! Energy in = food and drinks consumed Energy out = physical activity and body functions What are they eating? Eating more of the wrong foods and drinks • pastries • cakes • biscuits • packaged snacks • confectionery • soft drinks What’s being missed? •One in four children does not eat enough fruit or vegetables •One in five children do not eat enough fibre rich foods •Many adolescents often don’t consume enough dairy food and drinks •One in six children does not eat breakfast How easy it is to over consume Kilojoules A strategy to ensure that all food and drinks supplied in schools and preschools are consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents in Australia and The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating www.decs.sa.gov.au/eatwellsa/pages/eatwell/rightbite Food and Drink Spectrum Choose Plenty Select Carefully Occasionally http://www.gofor2and5.com.au Crunch&Sip® • Crunch&Sip® is a set break to eat fruit and or salad vegetables and drink water in the classroom • This free program is offered to all primary schools in S.A. by Health SA and is being provided by SA Dental • For more information, please contact Leanne Rana • P: 8222 9115 E: [email protected] Or visit the website at: http://www.sadental.sa.gov.au/desktopdefault.aspx? tabid=198 and click on Oral Health Promotion Programs 31 Key messages to support healthy eating • • • • • • Eat breakfast Drink more water • Instead of soft drinks, sports drinks etc. • Limit fruit juice Choose fruit for snacks • Replace less healthy snacks Limit serving sizes Provide children with opportunities to develop practical skills Involve families 32 Healthy eating in SACSA Has it’s home in Health & PE and can include topics such as: • Mental health • Nutrition and diet • Hygiene • Body systems and • The collection of data and investigations into a range of topics • Menu preparation • Human performance • Body image • • • • • physiology Cultural trends Media studies Sport Disease Food 33 Healthy Eating Resources Menu Commonwealth and State Government Policies and Programs •SACSA framework •Crunch&Sip® •Healthy Eating Guidelines •Eat well be active community project •Right Bite(resources and website information) •Healthy ways •Premier’s be active Challenge •Go for 2&5® •Active travel (schools) •Be active at work •OPAL – Obesity prevention and lifestyle •PEACH parenting eating and activity for child health •Healthy weight coordinators •Be active playtime •S.A. Breastfeeding strategic plan 2008-12 •Community foodies •Start right eat right Food Additives , Learning & Behaviour – Sue Dengate Food Intolerance Network web site: http://fedup.com.au/ 35 Healthy Eating Resource Discovery Task • Please spend the next 15 minutes exploring the resource/program with a colleague recording information under the criteria headings on the proforma provided. • Be ready to report (5 minutes max) to the other groups some thoughts / comments about the resource and how you might use it in your school. Handouts for you! • This presentation! • Healthy Eating websites menu (government and non government) • Healthy Eating Curriculum Focus by Bands of Learning • Where does Healthy Eating fit? SACSA links 37 ACHPER (SA) ACHPER (SA) can offer this session to your School/Site. Contact ACHPER (SA) for more information [email protected] Or visit our website www.achpersa.com.au Or telephone 08 8363 5700 38